William H. Chamblee and Kimberly Bocell secured a unanimous defense verdict in Dallas County on behalf of their general surgery client.\u00a0 The Plaintiff alleged that the Defendant-Surgeon negligently injured her iliac artery during a laparoscopic gall bladder surgery, and that he then negligently delayed in recognizing and repairing the injury.\u00a0 Plaintiff further claimed that as a result of Defendant\u2019s alleged negligence, she experienced dangerously low blood pressures which decreased blood flow to her brain, causing permanent cognitive and neurological deficits.\u00a0 Defendant and his experts testified that Defendant\u2019s care of Plaintiff was at all times appropriate and within the standard of care, and that a vessel injury is a known risk of the procedure performed, despite the best possible surgical care.\u00a0 They further explained that when he suspected a potential vessel injury, Defendant appropriately converted to an open procedure, explored the potential site of injury, and called in a vascular surgeon to assist in evaluating the situation. \u00a0Defendant and his experts further explained that when no source of injury and no active bleeding was found, the decision was appropriately made to remove the gall bladder, close the patient, and then monitor the patient closely in the ICU.\u00a0 Once in the ICU, the patient underwent a CT scan and the source of the bleed was found.\u00a0 The patient was appropriately taken back to the OR that night for a successful, uneventful repair.\u00a0 Thereafter, the patient fully recovered. \u00a0Finally, Defendant and his experts testified that there was no reliable evidence that Plaintiff actually suffered any type of neurological deficit, and that the circumstances of the surgery, injury, and repair were such that no such injury occurred.\u00a0 The jury agreed with the Defense and found unanimously that the Defendant-Surgeon was not negligent in his care and treatment of the patient.<\/p>\n
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